Saul Cerros, Meth Trafficking, New Mexico 2016

A Colorado man has pleaded guilty to methamphetamine trafficking charges in New Mexico. Saul Cerros, 36, of Northglenn, Colorado, entered a guilty plea in federal court in Las Cruces, New Mexico, to methamphetamine trafficking charges.

The charges stem from a four-count indictment filed in 2016, which charged Cerros with conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in March 2015. The indictment also charged him with distributing methamphetamine on two separate occasions on March 27, 2015, and once on March 31, 2015, all in Dona Ana County, New Mexico.

As part of his guilty plea, Cerros admitted to selling a total of 891.56 grams of pure methamphetamine to undercover law enforcement agents on three separate occasions. He also admitted to personally smuggling the methamphetamine involved in one of the drug deals into the United States from Mexico.

The case was investigated by the Las Cruces office of the FBI and the HIDTA Regional Interagency Drug Task Force/Metro Narcotics Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorney Dustin Segovia is prosecuting the case.

The HIDTA Regional Interagency Drug Task Force/Metro Narcotics Task Force is comprised of officers from the Las Cruces Police Department, the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office, the FBI, HSI and the New Mexico State Police.

Cerros faces a statutory mandatory minimum penalty of ten years to a maximum of life in federal prison. He remains in custody pending a sentencing hearing, which has yet to be scheduled.

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